Mary Velazquez Webboard User Reg: 12-24-2007
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ok I will. Im trying to get a feel too. I dont think it went too deep, I mean shes a terrier so enough temptation should push her over the edge. And I think it did. This evening I gave her another mouse and she was much less inhibited this time. SHe did kill it after some prompting and Actually shook it! Im fit to bust my buttons.
Im not in the position to get a large dog to work in protections sports at the moment and have become interested in Jack Russells and hunting with them. The more I learn about them the more impressed I am with their courage and tenacity and just general gameness. I always liked big dogs better but I find myself feeling like there isnt any other breed that can equal those qualities.
Jamie Craig Webboard User Reg: 09-01-2009
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I grew up with a Welsh Terrier, excellent bite inhibition (managed to not rip me open when she grabbed me and I often deserved it) and killed pretty much everything living that dared come into our yard...
we cleaned up the yard after that dog died...thousands of small animal skeletons...we knew she killed things (plucked birds right out of the air, climbed trees and killed squirrels on their home turf) but we had no idea the scale until after she died....
never had to teach her, however in the long run I don't think good bite inhibition is going to slow your pup down once she gets the confidence....
Mary Velazquez Webboard User Reg: 12-24-2007
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the funny thing is she was only inhibited if it was alive. I do tug work with her and she looooves it, and she had no problem re-killing it once its dead. But i think we've worked through the biggest roadblock now- hopefully she grow into a full blown rat killing terrier
I did natural earthwork with terriers through the 90s up till 6-7 yrs ago. The digging just got to be to much and I retired from it at about 60 yrs old.
My last hunt terrier, a working line JRT went to the happy hunting grounds just a few months ago at 15-16 yrs old.
My hunting partner was a working judge for the JRTCA. If you wanted a hunting cert on your dog it had to be witnessed by a working judge. Consequently I hunted with and dug to many, many different dogs and their handlers.
I miss the dog work but my knees and back sure don't miss the digging.
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Mary, a terrier that eats the quarry is a big no no in the terrier world.
Elaine Haynes Webboard User Reg: 08-16-2005
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Gracie, my TFT, is going through some very serious medical problems currently but she was devastating on bugs. And, when she was a pup and weighed maybe 2 lbs at the time, she actually wrestled a bird from one of the neighborhood cats that outweighed and out-sized her. And, yes, she ate the bird. So far she hasn't had any opportunity to keeeel any small rodents but I would not be surprised to see her do so when she's well enough (assuming the opportunity comes up).
My terriers are hunters. I have never had to teach them. They love to hunt. They dig out gophers if they can, (sometimes the gophers dig to the other side of the yard and so they can't catch them. My dogs Terra and Cody hunt together for lizards. The other day Cody and Terra came in the house, Terra had a something in her mouth, it was half a gopher. They had pulled it in half.
Cody will dig and dig and dig and dig. He has dug holes that he can lay in. He tries to climb trees to get the lizards.
I enjoy seeing them so happy when they hunt. I do not interfere so its fair for the little rodents, but the dogs love it!
Bindi's speciality is birds. That does bother me. She catches them and gives them a quick bite then gobbles them up. One time she hunted a huge brown fuzzy mole or giant gopher. She caught it and brought it into to me and laid it at my feet. Oh Boy!
sharon
My airedale was a natural hunter,he never tried to eat the prey. One late winter day I took him for a run in a forested area. I heard a shrieking sound and went to investigate and saw my airedale yanking a raccoon from a hollowed out log.The raccoon got away by climbing a tree and he went after another one from the same log. I took him out of there and I think both of the raccoons lived to see another day. He really liked to critter hunt.
SamanthaTopper Webboard User Reg: 03-24-2011
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One way you can build drive is to use a flirt pole. My terrier (pit) is an avid hunter after surviving in the wild for three months, and she thoroughly enjoyed having an outlet for her desire to chase down and kill small furry things. It also taught her fine motor skills because you can flick the rag or hide around fast and make the dog really work to keep his footing and stay on track. She was ripped and powerful back when she could still do it. When she's in her top form she's a low energy dog with some 'pep', so 10 minutes of the flirt pole had her tuckered out, but it's worked wonders to take the edge off of my crazy mal pup, too.
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